Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2020)

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Traveler Returning from Nepal to Spain

  • Elena Sulleiro,
  • Maria Luisa Aznar,
  • Núria Serre-Delcor,
  • Fernando Salvador,
  • Adrian Sanchez-Montalvá,
  • Mateu Espasa,
  • Daniel Molina,
  • Fernando de Ory,
  • M. Paz Sanchez-Seco,
  • Israel Molina,
  • Candido Diaz-Lagares,
  • Miguel J. Martinez,
  • Tomàs Pumarola,
  • Inés Oliveira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.181685
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 1
pp. 150 – 153

Abstract

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Most human hantavirus infections occur in Asia, but some cases have been described in Europe in travelers returning from Asia. We describe a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a previously healthy traveler occurring shortly after he returned to Spain from Nepal. Serologic tests suggested a Puumala virus–like infection.

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